Cooking appliance



S ept 13 1,927 G. H. cox

COOKING APPLIANCE ned ont. 1e, 192e 2 sheets-sheet 1 tkoz nu,

Sept. 13, 1927 G, H, cox

COOKING APPLIANCE 2 Sheets-Sheet, 2

, v Filed Oct. 16, 1.?26

Patented Sept. 13, 1927. i

' UNITED STAT EsY GEORGE HOLMES ocx, oriDEcmorr;.turnenItalia.v

4 cookme Yal??'LilirToEf'Y'v i ,iThis invention 4 relates L'to cooking `appliances and 'particularly toI means for roasting wiener sausage's cooking Hamburg 'sausages and roasting ham,A Ichlcken or other meats,

before an yopen fire andon a spit;

Y The generalfobfect of V.the present" invention'is to provide a' cookingappliance 'designedv'to besed'insmall restaurants', cafs,

'andV thevlike so vdesigned lthatfthefood may be seen'while it is being' cooked, the appliance thus forming an attractive display feal A ture for the restaurant or caf.

A further Objectis to `rprovide a Vmachine of this lcharacter yso designed that it Vmay be used forcooking wienerwursts yon4 spits and n open to observation, and which may also be used for the cooking of` othery foodsfon spits and under observation; andfV which lis pro'- vided ywithrt-an attachment wherebyxHamburg steaks or sausages may be cooked.

A still further object is Lto provide means whereby the spits supporting thefwiener'- wursts may be constantly ,l turned by power transmitted from a motor and whereby the spit supporting the articles being'roasted may also be constantly'turned by'the motor.

Still anotherobjectisfto provide means whereby vthe ylast I named I spit `may be shifted nearer to vvor 'furtherv fromvr the fire to control theroasting` process.

` VOther objects ywi the following description.y v Y Y Myrinvention yis illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein j Figure 1b' Y"a side elevationV ofl a cooking appliance constructed in accordance with my invention;` ,.11 i

"Fig; 2 isa toplplan view of the construction shown in Figure l; u y i Fig; 3 is a vertical longitudinal section; .Figi #tis a front elevation with thefront partly broken away. y y f v 5 1 Referring tothese drawings 10 designates a ,casing which is closed at 'its rear and on its sides Yand which preferably ismade of metal, and rests upon abase 11 havingdown-v wardlyfextendingflanges. This casing is preferably open at the top and -a front plate 12 having inset therein mica sheets 13 may bedisposed over the front of this casing vso that the operation of cooking' the wienerllV appear the course of wursts' 'may 'be observed"by the public. This plate islsh'own in dottedflines in' Figurer 3.

'Disposed withinv the leasing 10 is' a yfire box 14 vwhichis preferably of fire brickA or 55 vcast iron, lined around the ends fandfone sidewith asbestos board.Y `Th`e f front "face of thi'sfire box is formed' with anopenfgrate lythrough'w-hich the' fire maybe seen` and Y theheat escape tothe spits 35. The "fire kboil i'sprovided with any suitablemeans where'- bythe coals may beshaken down from time to time and withan ash pan V16. TI donot wish to he limitedto the use of ya rebox holding glowing coalsfasvan electric heater might be used. 'l Y The rear 'andvfront walls of the casing 10 are provided with'a series of slots 17 to hold a number of spits.18,uponfwhich wienerwursts may be impaled. Each spit is prof vided withV a handlev 19 and with a gear wheel 204v Mounted in suitable bearings upon the rear wallrof the casing 10 is aworm shaft 21 with which the gear wheels 2O are adaptedr to engage. In order to hold thergear wheels l5 20 `in properfengagement with the screw; shaft I'preferably provide each spit withvfa collar 22 which engages against the wall-v of casingy 10 and which will holdv the gear wheels from any tendency to tip while at the saine S0 time permitting them to rotate.l

yThe yskewers or spits`18v may be readily withdrawn'from the slots17 for the removal or insertion of'` sausages andany number of spits orskewersY may be used. The shaft 21 85 carries upon one en dthe sprocket orband wheel 2 3' whichl is driven kby means'fof thek sprocket or. bandV l24 from a relatively vsmall sprocket wheel 25 mounted upon a lshaft`26 carrying a relatively large sprocket wheel 27 90 from which a band 28 passes over a small sprocketwheel V29 carried by the shaft of an electricmotor'SO., Thus, thegspeed ofthe screw-shaft -21 is reduced fromthat ,of the motor. y l-k For the purpose of simultaneously roasting chickens, hams;4 or other meatshI provide an extension casing 31 which may. also be made of metal and consists-of twosides, a-top, and a bottomythe bottom beingl desigm0 nated-,32 and being adapted to be bolted upon the base 11l and extend out fromfthis` base. The rear edges olE the side Walls ot casing 3l are rearwardly inclined to iit against the rearwardly inclined front edges of the side Walls ot casing l0. A sivinginp'ly mounted liront wall 13 is used on casing 3l. which may be turned over to "a position between the easing lo and casing 24; to thus protect the operator from the heat when re moving an article from the spitst This wall 13 is also provided with inica windows.

One side ivall of the casing` 3l is provided i with an arcuate slot while the opposite Wall is provided with a movable bearingA Bil. A split. extends throngh this alienate slot and is removably lnonnted nponthe bearing1 iii andone arni `3o ol a bell crank lever, which in torn is inonntednpon a pivot 3T. The extremity of the spit carries a band wheelor sprocket Wheel 38 and the, pivot 37 Aconstittites ashaft- Supporting a relative ylymsinall sprocket Wheel 39 and a relatively warge"sprocket ivheel L10 which iis driven troni a 'sprocket Wheel 25a on shaft 2G by means oit the sprocket chain 4l. The small sprocket `Wheel 39 is connected'to the ivheel 38 by iileans oit the sprocket chain Ao; band l2. The other anni the bell crank lever 3o operates over a rack 43 and by thie means the spit` 3.5 may be shifted nearer to or `further .frein the tiret as desired, 'and lheld in this shifted position. It ivill be nnderetood that the `spitda'i may be removed lroin the sprocket Wheel 3S and arin 36 in which the Sprocket ivhceliifa mounted, or that the .spit 35 flnay haven llexible connection ll with the :shaft carrying sprocket ivheel 238, so that the spit niaybe turned npard to carry its 'free end away frein the bearing Bel to perinit the removal oi' thereon. y y

`For the por ose` of cookingr .l-lainlimrg steaks ortho likeA l" provide acooking or heatingr plate which is ,hollen1 and open at its bottom and adapted to be inserted be# tween they Walls `3l oi" between the end Walls of hthe casing l0. 'using this `plate 4.5 on the top at one end of the itnlcliine` it is possible to cook Hamburg: steak, tonal. \vie nernf'nrste and roast or bartncne hani. chieken or ol' ier meats at the eanie tire and at the saine tiinc. bvionsly the plate may be nsed for toasting bread, heating" rolls, or other cooking operations.

This plate 45 supported on 'Your legis lo which extend down .into the upper `end of the asing l() and support the plate 15 ln such spaced relation to the top oit the casing that the skewers may be readily removed.`

It is obvious troni `what has gone bet'ore that my cooking appliance may be used nier l 'for the plirpose ot toastingr wienerivursts or may be used for toasting Wiener ivnrsts and cookingllianlbnro steaks or may at the saine time be used tor roasting; rel atively large pieces of ineat or other lood.

insertion oit ineats neaaaofi The lire obaervalile through the mica inserts in the tront ol the machine and the cookingl also observable in the saine inanner. The top of the casinpr l() preferably open but the top o'll the, extension casingr ll may either be open or provided with a lid. l do not with to be limited to the particular heat generi-.ting means illustrated, as electric coils or a gas grate may be used in place of the coal orate.

l claim:-

l. A cookinpl` appliance comprising' a casing, a, heating menne within the casing, the Ytrontol the casing being openA and thecasing,r at its top beingl 'lornretl lvith vertical slots, skewers removably disposed Within said slots and when in `use extending across the easing above the heating means therein', an extension casing disposed against the first named easingq a rotatable ii'ionntecl in the side walls ot' theextensioncasing and extending` at right angl-esto the skeives. a motor, and means operated by thelnotor for sinniltaneouely rotating the laatnained Spit and .said skewers. I

Q. A cookingappliance coin )rising a case lng, a heating;I nieans ivithintlie casing? the 'li'ront oi' the casing beingopen, and theycasing at its top being formed with vertical slots, ekewera removably disposed ivitli in said slota and ivhen in irse extending across the casing above the lieatingr nieans therein,y an

`extension easing disposed against the first named eas-nig; a rotatable spit rnonnted in the` vside Walls of the extension casing and eX tending at right angles to the slnnvers a motor, means operated by the motor 4for silnultaneonsly rotating*` thellast nanied spit and said skewers,n and means whereby the spit may be adjusted i'learei to ol' flirtlien Atrein the heatiin;r means.

Y A cookingr applianee coinpi'ilsinif;` a oas ing' having; a baise, side 'falls, and areal' wall and open at the topf. a tiro box dieposed Within the asing and rer:tending` vertioally therein and havingu a front `irateR the. casing above said lire boxbcinr'g prov ed with a plurality of vertical slots. removable spits adapted to be dieposcd in said slots. each spit having a handle and :l gear ivlieella Worin sha'lt nwnnted upon the rear Wall of the casin with which the gear wheels ot' the several spite; are adapted to engage. a nlotor niouiited npon said hat andoperatively connected to the ivornishatt to drive the salniu a t etachable extension casing liaviiilfg a base and placed against the first inlined casini; to receive heat there'l'roni, a lever `1`nonntediipon the exterior' oll the extension casing'. a spit arried by said lever and niovable tlrei'ebtr toward or from the. lire means operated by said motor lor rotating said spit. anda front plate afilapted to he disposed either against the first named casiiijr or the exl'ensioncasing and having tralnparent panes.

4. A cooking appliance of the character easing and supporting the cooking plate in described including a easing having side spaced relation to the upper edges of the side 10 Walls` and end Walls at its top, a heating Walls, said cooking plate having au opening means disposed Within the casing, a rotatable in its bottom from which the heat may pass 5 food supporting member carried Within into the interior of the cooking plate. the casing above tlie heating means, and a In testimony whereof I hereunto aiiX my hollow cooking plat-e having downwardly eX- signature. tending legs engaging the side WallsV of the. n GEORGE H. COX. 

